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Wright-Patt remembers 9/11
Col. Patrick Miller, 88th Air Base Wing and installation commander, salutes Sept. 10, 2021, during the playing of taps at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, ceremony commemorating the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Miller gave the keynote address, praising heroics of the first responders that day and how they continue to inspire. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Wright-Patt remembers 9/11
Airman 1st Class James Nufer, Air Force Band of Flight, plays taps Sept. 10, 2021, during the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, ceremony commemorating the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. COVID-19 restrictions limited the number of event attendees, but it was later streamed for those who wanted to see it. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Wright-Patt remembers 9/11
Airmen attending the ceremony Sept. 10, 2021, commemorating the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks salute during the playing of taps after a wreath-laying at Fire Station One on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Firefighters, Explosive Ordnance Disposal Flight members and base leadership attended the ceremony, which was streamed online for the rest of the Wright-Patt community. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Block party rocks WPAFB’s historic Brick Quarters
Lily, 5, and Skyler, 7, the children of 1st Lt. Brandon and Amber McVey, play amongst the bubbles at a block party Aug. 12, 2021, put on by the 88th Force Support Squadron in the historic Brick Quarters housing area at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The party was the middle in a summer series of three sponsored by 88 FSS for Wright-Patt community members. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Block party rocks WPAFB’s historic Brick Quarters
Lauren Schrank plays cornhole against her husband, 2nd Lt. Alec Schrank, a graduate student at the Air Force Institute of Technology, during a block party Aug. 12, 2021, put on by the 88th Force Support Squadron in the historic Brick Quarters housing area at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The event, free for all Wright-Patt community members, featured live music, games and a food truck. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Block party rocks WPAFB’s historic Brick Quarters
Jeff Stevens, lead singer for Stranger, performs at a block party Aug. 12, 2021, put on by the 88th Force Support Squadron in the historic Brick Quarters housing area at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The band, specializing in music from the 1980s, provided a free concert for attendees. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Block party rocks WPAFB’s historic Brick Quarters
Jeff Stevens, lead singer for Stranger, gets (from left) Amelia Hunter, 9, Ella Arnold, 11, and Hannah Greiner, 10, to accompany him on a song as he and his band perform at a block party Aug. 12, 2021, put on by the 88th Force Support Squadron in the historic Brick Quarters housing area at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. This was the second of three parties this summer, with the last one scheduled for Aug. 26. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Block party rocks WPAFB’s historic Brick Quarters
Melissa Nishikawa dances as her husband, Col. Brett Nishikawa, 711th Human Performance Wing, watches Aug. 12, 2021, at a block party by Turtle Pond in the historic Brick Quarters housing area at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The event, put on by the 88th Force Support Squadron, was the second in a summer series for the Wright-Patt community, with the finale scheduled Aug. 26. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Block party rocks WPAFB’s historic Brick Quarters
Tim Taylor and Michelle Spangler applaud the rock band Stranger at the end of its show Aug. 12, 2021, during a block party put on by the 88th Force Support Squadron in the historic Brick Quarters housing area at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The event, free for all Wright-Patt community members, featured live music, games and a food truck. Taylor is a civilian employee of the National Air and Space Intelligence Center. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Block Party Concert at WPAFB features live music, food, fun
Dave Garwood, front man for the Velvet Crush, performs at the first Block Party Concert at Turtle Pond in the brick quarters historic district June, 24, 2021, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The 88th Force Support Squadron is scheduled to hold three block parties through the summer on the last Thursday of each month. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Block Party Concert at WPAFB features live music, food, fun
Alexandra Burger, 6, daughter of Col. Paul Burger, dances and chases bubbles June 24, 2021, at a block party sponsored by the 88th Force Support Squadron at Turtle Pond in the brick quarters historic district at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The party, the first of a series of three through the summer, was free to all members of the Wright-Patt community. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Block Party Concert at WPAFB features live music, food, fun
Party goers check out Food on the Run, the 88th Force Support Squadron food truck, during the summer's first Block Party Concert at Turtle Pond in the brick quarters historic district June, 24, 2021, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The event featured music, games, food and sponsor booths and gave the Wright-Patt community an opportunity to get out and socialize. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Block Party Concert at WPAFB features live music, food, fun
Dave Garwood (left) provides lead vocals and bass while David Hurley plays guitar for Velvet Crush during the first Block Party Concert at Turtle Pond in the brick quarters historic district June, 24, 2021, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Other block parties scheduled by the 88th FSS are set to include performances by Stranger, a band specializing in the hits of the 1980s, and Parrots of the Caribbean, which is a salute to Jimmy Buffett. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Block Party Concert at WPAFB features live music, food, fun
Neighborhood kids lineup to dance at a block party sponsored by the 88th Force Support Squadron June 24, 2021, at the Turtle Pond in the brick quarters historic district at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The party, the first of a series of three through the summer, was free to all members of the Wright-Patt community. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Block Party Concert at WPAFB features live music, food, fun
Natalia Jones, 8, the daughter of Maj. Leamon and Vicentia Jones, dances to the music June 24, 2021, at a block party sponsored by the 88th Force Support Squadron in the brick quarters historic district at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The event featured music, games, food and sponsor booths and gave the Wright-Patt community an opportunity to get out and socialize. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Block Party Concert at WPAFB features live music, food, fun
Maj. Jacob Collie, and his wife Tanya, play cornhole at a block party sponsored by the 88th Force Support Squadron June 24, 2021, at the Turtle Pond in the brick quarters historic district at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The event featured music, games, food and sponsor booths and gave the Wright-Patt community an opportunity to get out and socialize. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Roley assumes command of 88th Operations Support Squadron
Master Sgt. Thomas Scott, 88th Operations Support Squadron superintendent, renders the ceremonial first salute to his new commander, Lt. Col. Donald Roley, during the squadron’s change of command ceremony June 21, 2021, at Wright-Patterson Air Force base, Ohio. The 88th OSS oversees the operation of the base’s airfield including the air traffic control section and the weather office. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Native ‘seed bombs’ created for bee pollinators
Dwight Wells of the Ohio Pollinator Habitat Initiative talks to children at Prairies Youth Center on June 17 about honeycombs and how bees raise their young. The students then had the opportunity to form “seed bombs,” balls of mud and seeds, to take home and use to plant native flowers helpful to pollinators.
Native ‘seed bombs’ created for bee pollinators
Brennen Rice, 11, mixes mud and seeds to form “seed bombs” June 17 at Prairies Youth Center near Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. The project was part of Pollinator Week, with the goal of increasing the access bees and butterflies have to native flowers for food.
Native ‘seed bombs’ created for bee pollinators
Vivian Serna, 9, forms a mixture of seeds and mud into a ball to be used as a “seed bomb” June 17 during Prairie Youth Center’s Pollinator Week. The bombs were designed as a way to easily sow native flowering plants to help area pollinating insects.